The Secret Service gets roped into helping crack phones for criminal investigations with warrants. They do all kinds of things like physically grinding down the phones, heating them up, hooking them up to boot devices, disassembling code, and more. The article also talks about potential issues with this, like the precedent being set by cops employing people to crack phones for them, like in the San Bernadino FBI/Apple case. Oh, speaking of which...

The CIA allowed people to access their documents on one of only four computers during limited hours. So one guy decided to hit them where it hurts: expensive printer ink, attempting to print every single one of the 13 million documents. They're online now. (And you can browse them if you like, too!)

Holy shit, this is exactly as dystopic as it sounds - no fluff in this title. ". . .Rap Back programs receive ongoing, real-time notifications and updates about their employees’ run-ins with law enforcement, including arrests at protests and charges that do not end up in convictions." There's more in here, too, like how there's no restrictions on what other purposes the data can be used for.

Someone I know made this, a quick and simple JPG-style glitch tool that generates new glitches at a click. Just drag a new image onto the page to glitch that one. It's actually built with a usable JavaScript library you can find right here. Their cool, glitchy homepage is also here.

Way's Notes

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Hey there! You'll notice things look a little bit... DIFFERENT! In the zine. I made this whole section less gray and depressing, and I also added some funky little "pilcrows" (do you know the right name? they're the illustrative thingies that go after sections) to help break up the content. Also, I'm just using my own name here. Do you know me yet? I'm Way, I run Glitchet! Nice to meet you, thank you for reading. (Are the new viewers gone yet? )

Administrative note: Benjamin Summerton from last issue wanted me to issue a correction on his How Random Art Works article for a clarification in the development of Random Art and its application as a security feature. If you haven't checked that one out, worth a look!

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